night shift

See also: nightshift

English

Alternative forms

• nightshift

Noun

night shift (plural night shifts)

1. A regularly scheduled period of work, during evening or night hours.

   Antonym: day shift

   Coordinate terms: first shift; second shift, third shift (sometimes synonymous); swing shift

   Near-synonym: graveyard shift (sometimes coordinate)

   I prefer to work the night shift, but I take the day shift in stride.

2. A group of workers who work during the night.

   Antonym: day shift

   Coordinate terms: first shift; second shift, third shift (sometimes synonymous); swing shift

   Near-synonym: graveyard shift (sometimes coordinate)

   You'll have to ask the night shift — the equipment was here when we left.

Derived terms

• nightshifter

Related terms

• at night
• be on nights
• night job
• nightly
• night owl
• shiftwork

 

Translations

period

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 夜班 (zh) (yèbān), 大夜班 (dàyèbān), 大夜 (zh) (dàyè)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: nachtdienst (nl)
• Finnish: yövuoro (fi)
• French: poste de nuit (fr) m
• German: Nachtschicht (de) f
• Greek: νυχτερινή βάρδια f (nychteriní várdia)
• Italian: turno di notte m, turno notturno m, terzo turno m, (la) terza (it) f, (la) notte (it) f
• Japanese: 夜勤 (ja) (やきん, yakin)
• Korean: 야근 (ko) (yageun)
• Lombard: (la) nòt (lmo) f or nòcc f, (la) terza (lmo) f or (el) terz (lmo) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nattskift n

  Nynorsk: nattskift n

• Polish: nocna zmiana (pl) f, nocka (pl) f
• Portuguese: turno da noite m, turno noturno m
• Russian: ночна́я сме́на f (nočnája sména)
• Spanish: el turno nocturno m
• Swedish: nattskift (sv) n
• Turkish: gece vardiyası
• Ukrainian: нічна зміна f (nična zmina)

group of workers

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 夜班職員／夜班职员 (yèbān zhíyuán)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: nachtdienst (nl)
• Finnish: yövuoro (fi)
• French: équipe de nuit f
• German: Nachtschicht (de) f
• Greek: νυχτερινή βάρδια f (nychteriní várdia)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nattskift n

  Nynorsk: nattskift n

• Polish: nocna zmiana (pl) f
• Portuguese: turno da noite m, turno noturno m
• Russian: ночна́я сме́на f (nočnája sména)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: nattskift (sv) n
• Turkish: gececiler
• Ukrainian: нічна зміна f (nična zmina)